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Disney-inspired design shines a light on renewable energy efforts LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A new solar facility designed in the shape of a “not-so-hidden-Mickey” is the latest step by Duke Energy to expand renewable energy in Central Florida.

Solar energy records are falling left and right in California these days, as the state steams ahead toward its ambitious renewable energy goals. But the success of solar has brought about a hidden downside: on some perfectly sunny days, solar farms are…

WindEurope has elected Francesco Venturini, Chief Executive Officer of Enel Green Power, as its new chairman. Mr. Venturini was elected for an 18-month term by WindEurope’s Board of Directors, which is comprised of corporate members, national associati…

Initial areas of interest for geothermal development in Saint Lucia Geophysicist John Seabert and team undertake first round of geothermal aerial surveys in Saint Lucia in April 2015 CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia is on target to begin geothermal ex…

A partly sunny compromise on solar energy legislation, hammered out after five months of negotiation, moved favorably Wednesday afternoon from the Massachusetts House to the Senate, where action is scheduled for today. While some renewable energy advoc…

The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a lease agreement with Controlled Thermal Resources that will allow for the development of a new centralized geothermal power plant in the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area located in…

Australian battery storage house Redflow Limited has introduced a residential energy-storage unit designed to work with solar power to store off-peak power to be used for peak demand periods and support off-grid periods.

Thermal renewable energy certificates, aka T-RECs, which were authorized by the New Hampshire Legislature in 2012, are now being used to help fund new biomass heating projects in the state.The T-RECs Enterprise Fund will buy T-RECs from wood fueled hea…

In Visayas, one of the three main island groups in The Philippines, too much solar on the grid may lead to blackouts during the election period, which begins today, March 28, and lasts until May 7.

Grid operators are concerned that too much power is being fed into the grid when all of the solar PV plants in the region are churning out electric power along with the geothermal and coal plants in the region — even if the geothermal and coal plants are dialed down to their minimum load requirements. Further the swings in power supply due to intermittent PV generation (from 20 to 50 percent) have already caused grid interruptions.

Visayas does not have any frequency regulation providers to help balance the grid and absorb excess capacity and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines and the government are exploring the use of energy storage and potentially hydro assets to help solve the problem.

Meanwhile in the U.S. the Energy Storage Association on March 28 is launching its new #StorageIsHere campaign in an attempt to bring more visibility to the technology that it says is already “booming.”

That’s the question that researchers in Australia are trying to answer with a new $2.2 M study funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The study is focused on something called “wind turbine syndrome” which, according to people who suffer from it, causes dizziness, sleeplessness and headaches.

Some believe that the syndrome is psychosomatic, sending the message to the people who claim they have it that, “it’s all in your head.”

The scientific community isn’t sure it’s a such a good idea to spend quite so much money this topic but the two researchers conducting the study would like some scientific evidence that will shed light on the claim that wind farms are making people sick.

Meanwhile in UK-Scotland border town, Berwickshire Housing Authority (BHA) is building a community wind farm along with partner Community Energy Scotland. BHA builds desperately needed low-income rental housing the UK and the wind farm will be the first of its kind developed by a housing authority in the UK. The wind farm’s three turbines should be connected to the grid by April of next year. What is unique about the project is that the revenue from the sale of the wind energy will pay for BHA to build more of its low-income homes.

There’s a good chance wind turbine syndrome doesn’t exist, but Australia’s going to spend $3.3 million (U.S. $2.2 million) to find out for certain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many health officials consider it psychosomatic. Atl…

The housing association has been working on the wind power scheme since 2009, and it is hoped that over a 25 year period the three turbines will produce enough electricity to bring in between 18- 23 million of revenue to be used to build much needed ne…

Analysts at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used detailed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for 128 cities nationwide, along with improved data analysis methods and simulation tools, to update its estimat…

Shenzhen, China’s high-tech boomtown, sprung a surprise on its 12 million-plus residents this week. Construction has begun on three giant, state-of-the-art incinerators to handle the heaving tide of trash that the city tosses out daily. One of the mega…

In 15 years, a forest of giant wind turbines – able to protect themselves in severe weather by folding in their rotor blades like palm trees in a hurricane Â­- could be planted off the coast of Virginia, delivering enough energy to power as many as 500,000 homes, thanks to research that has earned a $3.56 million federal grant for the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science.